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Re: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install?
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 07:55:57PM -0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 06:39:47PM -0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>> >Well, Gary (Gary R. Van Sickle) is the maintainer of that page, so....
>>
>> Ack. I missed that fact.
>>
>> Don't send Gary email about this! I'm sure he doesn't need it.
>
>Ooooops! Too late! ;-) Only kiddin' I'm sure that's not a worry. Perhaps
>changing
>
>"Run this program any time you want to install a cygwin package."
>
>to
>
>"It is recommended that you use setup.exe whenever you want to install a
>cygwin package. If you install or update packages manually, you are doing so
>at your own risk."
>
>at the end of the third paragraph below "What's New and How Do I Get It?"...
I don't think people are actually reading that paragraph at all, though. I
think that's part of the problem.
cgf
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